Tag: pledge of allegiance

Our Pledge of Allegiance was written a full 116 years after the Revolutionary War and Declaration of Independence. The phrase “Under God” wasn’t even in the original text of our pledge: “I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”

Last week the legality of the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance was confirmed by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

(RNS) The suit against the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in New Jersey schools continues a new legal strategy.